Literary Devices/Musical Devices

1. Same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words.

• a. rhyme

• b. simile

• c. alliteration

• d. onomatopoeia

1. Pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem.

• a) free verse

• b) alliteration

• 0. c) rhyme scheme

• d) onomatopoeia

Attributing human characteristics to something that is not human.

• a) hyperbole

• b) simile

• c) personification

• d) metaphor

4. What is not considered as an onomatopoeia?

• 0. a) walk

• b) bang

• 0. c) crackle

• d) crunch

4. Exaggeration that is used for emphasis or effect.

• 0. a) free verse

• b) imagery

• 0. c) personification

• d) hyperbole

4. Using the same word or phrase over and over again.

• 0. a) metaphor

• b) alliteration

• 0. c) repetition

• d) onomatopoeia

Comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”.

• a) simile

• b) metaphor

• c) imagery

• d) rhyme

8. Poetry that does not rhyme.

• 0. a) alliteration

• b) free verse

• 0. c) rhyme scheme

• d) refrain

8. A non-literal comparison between two unlike things without the use of like or as.

• 0. a) onomatopoeia

• b) simile

• 0. c) rhyme scheme

• d) metaphor

It is a repeated line, phrase, or stanza that appears at regular intervals throughout the poem. It serves as a chorus-like element.

• a) refrain

• b) rhyme

• c) imagery

• d) alliteration